Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Internet Explorer folder is empty in Event Viewer

Internet Explorer folder is always blank in Event Viewer. This blog will explain how to capture errors in IE folder.

1. Close all the instances of Internet Explorer.
2. Open registry Editor.
3. Navigate to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\ FEATURE_ENABLE_COMPAT_LOGGING
4. Create iexplorer key and set it to 1. (Refer figure below)











This means internet Explorer compatibility evaluation logging is turned on.

Open Internet Explorer. Information is displayed as shown in the figure.











Open Event Viewer and check, Errors will be captured in Internet Explorer folder.
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  1. UnknownAugust 7, 2012 at 12:05 AM

    hi
    i could navigate to the Navigate to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\ but i never find following file FEATURE_ENABLE_COMPAT_LOGGING

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